WASHINGTON We had two Christmas miracles this year. The first was that Kevin was there to celebrate his favorite holiday. After a random blood test last summer, my brother learned that he had a 20.3 centimeter malignant tumor in his kidney, struggling to burst out like the creature in ''Alien.'' With the guidance of the saintly Dr. Jerry Groopman,...
Imagine buying stock in a company and then being in position to help change the law to enhance its value. Welcome to the United States Congress. A fuel subsidy proposal, if passed, would enrich Representative Nancy Pelosi of California because of her stake in a ''green'' firm that stands to benefit. It's the latest sign that Congressional trading...
The ghost of George Washington Plunkitt, the 19th-century Tammany Hall boss who cynically defined ''honest graft,'' is in the air as bipartisan panic suddenly sweeps Congress over an ethical matter that is old news on Wall Street: insider trading. A long-languishing bill to ban stock trading on inside information that lawmakers glean at private...
Pelosi var leder af demokraterne i Repræsentanternes Hus (2003-07). Efter det demokratiske parti vandt flertallet i Repræsentanternes Hus ved midtvejsvalget i 2006, blev hun som den første kvinde valgt til kammerets formand (speaker).
Pelosi er den første kvindelige leder af et større parti i et kammer i USAs Kongres. Hun har repræsenteret Californiens 8. kongresdistrikt, en del af hendes hjemby, San Francisco, siden 1987.
Hun er vokset op i en politikerfamilie, idet både hendes far og en bror har været borgmestre i Baltimore, ligesom faderen var kongresmedlem.